What if, in a highly unlikely event, all three losers wound up with the same record? What if, in a highly unlikely event, all three losers wound up with the same record?
That would set up the dreaded two-tier Wild Card playoff. The loser with the total of the best head-to-head records against the other two would have the choice of sitting out the first game or having home-field advantage in both games. The winner of the first game would then play the team with the bye to determine the AL Wild Card winner.
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